Psoriatic arthritis is a form of arthritic joint disease associated with the chronic skin scaling and fingernail changes seen in psoriasis. Physicians recognize a number of different forms of psoriatic arthritis. In some patients, the arthritic...

Psoriatic arthritis (also arthropathic psoriasis or psoriatic arthropathy) is a type of inflammatory arthritis that affects around 5-7% (according to Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine) of people suffering from the chronic skin condition psoriasis....

Makes big impact on therapeutic decisions National report-Dermatologists should be more diligent in asking psoriasis patients about symptoms of psoriatic arthritis, says Kenneth Gordon, M.D., associate professor of medicine, Loyola University, Chicago. Many patients with psoriatic arthritis are candidates for biologic therapy...

Rome - Subcutaneous treatment with the human anti-tumor necrosis (TNF)alpha monoclonal antibody adalimuinab (Humira, Abbott) results in rapid and sustained improvement of treatment- refractory psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), say investigators from the University of Rome "Tor Vergata," directed by Prof. Sergio Chimenli, M.D....

Schering-Plough Corp. said Thursday its first-quarter profit rose 55 percent to easily beat Wall Street expectations, helped by strong demand for its Remicade drug and other products.Net income after paying preferred dividends increased to $543 million, or 36 cents per share, from $350 million, or...

The good news keeps coming in bunches for Abbott Laboratories. On March 26, the drug and device maker's shares hit an all-time high when a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's annual meeting showed that Abbott's ABT Xience V drug-coated stent performed better...